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Re: [webmin-l] More Virtualmin

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

Ah, I see .. Unfortunately, that kind of setup is not yet supported. However, it may be in future, since it seems quite common.
 
I do have a question though - what is the advantage of using several different IPs for name-based virtual hosting, rather than a single IP?

 - Jamie

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From:  "Roger B.A. Klorese" <ro...@qu...>
Subj:  Re: [webmin-l] More Virtualmin
Date:  Thu 15 Sep 2005 3:50 pm
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To:  web...@li...

Jamie Cameron wrote:

>On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 10:58, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote:
>  
>
>>We do name virtual hosting on multiple interfaces.  I'd like to either:
>>- be able to select the "based on interface" interface, or
>>- choose from a list of NameVirtualHost directives
>>    
>>
>
>This is sort-of possible already. Virtualmin has a special
>always-name-based mode, which you can enable on the Module Config page
>using the 'All Apache virtual servers are name-based?' option.
>
>Once active, it will no longer set up any private IP based virtual
>servers. Instead, everything is name-based, but you can select which IP
>to host each name-based server on.
>  
>


The problem is that we have a mix of name-based and non-name-based, AND 
the name-based are on a few different IP addresses...


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Re: [webmin-l] More Virtualmin

[Roger B.A. K. <ro...@qu...>]

Jamie Cameron wrote:

>Ah, I see .. Unfortunately, that kind of setup is not yet supported. However, it may be in future, since it seems quite common.
> 
>I do have a question though - what is the advantage of using several different IPs for name-based virtual hosting, rather than a single IP?
>
>  
>


Legacy reasons.  We're merging smaller servers onto one larger one, and 
since we don't control all of our users' DNS, it's easier just to not 
change it.

Re: [webmin-l] More Virtualmin

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 01:13, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote:
> Jamie Cameron wrote:
> 
> >Ah, I see .. Unfortunately, that kind of setup is not yet supported. However, it may be in future, since it seems quite common.
> > 
> >I do have a question though - what is the advantage of using several different IPs for name-based virtual hosting, rather than a single IP?
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> Legacy reasons.  We're merging smaller servers onto one larger one, and 
> since we don't control all of our users' DNS, it's easier just to not 
> change it.

Ah, I see .. that makes sense now.

Actually, you may be able to support this configuration in Virtualmin
already, if you are talking about a server that has the DNS hosted
elsewhere. Because the apache virtualhosts that virtualmin creates are
like :

<VirtualHost *>
ServerName www.foo.com

All you would need to do is add a directive to httpd.conf like :

NameVirtualHost 1.2.3.4

where 1.2.3.4 is the IP that www.foo.com resolves too. Even though
virtualmin thinks that the IP for the foo.com server is the main IP for
your system, the website will still work.

 - Jamie